(yahoo sports) Connecticut won the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Championship Monday night outscoring San Diego State 76-59.
San Diego State jumped out to a very early lead and was up 10-8 ahead of the first TV timeout. It became brutal for the Aztecs from there as they went over 11 minutes without making a field goal until Darrion Trammell’s shot in the lane with 5:25 to go before halftime cut UConn’s lead to nine at 26-17.
The Huskies then jumped out to a 16-point lead not long after Trammell’s jumper before San Diego State cut the lead to 36-24 at the half.
Tristen Newton had 19 points, Adama Sanogo scored 17 and Jordan Hawkins had 16 for the Huskies. Sanogo also grabbed 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the tournament and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tourney.
UConn has now won 5 national championships in the last 25 years.